和やか (nagoyaka) conjugation
mild, calm, harmonious
和やか (なごやか, nagoyaka) is a na-adjective. Na-adjectives behave like nouns. The word itself never changes — you conjugate だ/です after it, and you need な to put it in front of a noun.
Conjugation table
| Form | Plain (casual) | Polite (~です) | When you use it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dictionary / plain | 和やかだ nagoyakada | 和やかです nagoyakadesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 和やかじゃない nagoyakajanai | 和やかじゃないです nagoyakajanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 和やかだった nagoyakadatta | 和やかでした nagoyakadeshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 和やかじゃなかった nagoyakajanakatta | 和やかじゃなかったです nagoyakajanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 和やかで nagoyakade | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 和やかに nagoyakani | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 和やかな〜 nagoyakana〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 和やかなら nagoyakanara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 和やかだったら nagoyakadattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 和やかになる nagoyakaninaru | 和やかになります nagoyakaninarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 和やかすぎる nagoyakasugiru | 和やかすぎます nagoyakasugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 和やかそう nagoyakasou | 和やかそうです nagoyakasoudesu | “looks / seems ~” from appearance. |
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Why it conjugates this way
Na-adjectives behave like nouns. The word itself never changes — you conjugate だ/です after it, and you need な to put it in front of a noun.
See the full rules in the adjective conjugation guide.